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Edutainment > Articles on Art > Contemporary Art Japan > Shizuo Nishizawa born 1912If you are looking for a cheap, mass-produced print with a pleasing subject that accomodates the taste of a typical art buyer in North America or Europe, then the prints by Japanese artist Shizuo Nishizawa are probably not the right choice for you. But if you have a sense for elaborate and intricate art in small editions, openess for Japanese culture, and if you can afford the price for an original print by Nishizawa, you will be rewarded with an outstanding work of art. ResuméShizuo Nishizawa is a great name in Japan. Yoseido Gallery has represented him for decades. If you happen to have access to old Yoseido Gallery catalogs from the 1970s, you find in each publication one or two of the artist's print works.
Techniques and EditionsNishizawa works in intaglio techniques - etchings, aquatint, mezzotint and in a mix of several of these. Editions are small with typically 30. All prints that we have seen so far, were signed and numbered. The artist makes ample use of such lush techniques as gold and silver leafing. This is a process to apply a metallic foil surface to a print. Nishizawa uses it sometimes for the background. The gold leafing is called kinpaku and the silver leafing ginpaku. SubjectsThe artist's themes are very, very Japanese. The majority of his designs are from the world of bunraku, the Japanese puppet theater. Bunraku is no play thing for kids in Japan. It is rather, like the Noh theater, a serious art form for a small elite. Other subjects are the display of women in rather dreamy, unreal depictions that make the impression of being from a different world. Market PricesPrices for prints by Shizuo Nishizawa are not and have never been cheap (see the old Yoseido catalogs). It reminds us of an old Chinese saying: "Cheap things are not good, good things are not cheap." Search for Shizuo NishizawaYou can buy art on this site in our ongoing art auction, or direct. See also our upcoming auctions and our art products. If you have any questions, please contact us. The images on this web site are the property of the artist(s) and or the artelino GmbH and/or a third company/institution. Reproduction, public display and any commercial use of these images, in whole or in part, require the expressed written consent of the artist(s) and/or the artelino GmbH. . First Time Visitor? |
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